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Every PDM administrator eventually runs into the same argument. One camp says the vault is a database, so folders are irrelevant and you should just search for what you need. The other camp says folders matter, because the day the
PDMPublisher helps SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional users automatically generate, export PDF, DXF. It is a great alternative to the convert task and combine documents. You can request a free PDMPublisher trial license through the Blue Byte Systems online store.This article explains
Most SOLIDWORKS PDM administrators are used to working through Windows Explorer, administration tools, scripts, and custom add-ins. These tools are powerful, but even a simple question can require several steps. For example: The PDMShell MCP Server provides another way to
If you work in engineering IT or CAD administration, you’ve likely spent hours trying to make different software systems talk to each other. When searching for ways to automate these clunky processes, two tools with confusingly similar names always pop
This article explains how to use PDMShell with Windows Task Scheduler to automatically check in files from a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault folder on a weekly schedule. PDMShell is a command-line tool for SOLIDWORKS PDM that allows administrator to run PDM
When creating a SOLIDWORKS task pane, the SOLIDWORKS API documentation says that icon transparency can be handled by using a specific background color. For CreateTaskpaneView3, the documentation explains that task pane bitmap images should use a 256-color palette, and that
